The Houston Canoe Club
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"Boating safety doesn’t take a holiday" (Texas) "A boom in popularity of paddle craft such as canoes and kayaks on Texas waters makes educating the vessels’ often inexperienced users about water safety laws and practices increasingly crucial. Two paddlers died on Texas waters over the Memorial Day weekend — the only boating-related fatalities in the state..." Complete story: Chronicle "People who spend more time outdoors lead more fulfilling lives" "It's been established that people who spend more time in parks and other natural settings tend to report higher levels of health and happiness, but new research shows there's actually a magic number for it. According to a study published this week in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, spending 120 minutes a week strolling a tree-lined street or sitting by a lake can greatly enhance a person's overall sense of well-being..." Complete story: Greenwichtime.com "How Building Plastic Kayaks Saved Indonesia’s Longest River" "When Bali-raised brother Gary and Sam Bencheghibs decided to paddle one of Indonesia’s longest rivers, they weren’t trying to break a record. Instead, they were setting out to better understand how millions of people live alongside one of the world’s most polluted waterways. In July 2017, the Bencheghibs launched their homemade kayaks—constructed from used water bottles—onto Java’s 270-kilometer-long Citarum River..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine "40 Years Of The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association" (Canada) "The Peterborough Canoe Company started making cedar canvas canoes in this south-central Ontario town in 1892. And though the iconic manufacturer went out of business nearly 60 years ago, it’s here the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) held its annual assembly to honor the venerable brand. The WCHA is an American organization dedicated to the preservation, restoration and use of wooden canoes..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine "What Experts Have To Say About The State Of Canoeing" "The good news is there are a lot more people going out canoe tripping. Canoeing is huge right now and it’s families, young couples and new immigrants really getting into it..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine "Paddling Alone Across The Arctic" (Canada) "Sometime after May 13th Adam Shoalts headed out on a 4000-kilometer adventure across Canada’s Arctic. He left the international border town of Old Crow, Yukon and if all goes as planned five months later he will canoe into the saltwater of Hudson Bay at Baker Lake, Nunavut. The journey will take him over mountains, up rivers, across tundra, through subarctic forest, and down wild waterways ..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine "Tragedy at Dungeness Bay" (Washington) "The wildlife sanctuary teems with birds and sea life, and the spit is home to the historic New Dungeness Lighthouse, built in 1857. The annual hike to the lighthouse had become a cherished tradition for the Mountain View Church outing club, and in recent years some members of the group began kayaking to the lighthouse..." Complete story: Paddling.com "Katy Boardwalk District hotel construction to begin" (Katy, TX) "The hotel fronts a 90 acre lake that was formally a detention pond. Reina said they plan to turn it into something of a nature preserve with rice being planted to attract migratory birds. It will feature walking trails but no boats or canoes. “People are not going to be getting into the water,” Reina said..." Complete story: Chron.com "Teens brutally beaten by adults while kayaking" (Alabama) "A group of adults attacked some Alabama teenagers and threatened them with rape while paddling on a weekend boat trip. Collins Nelson and a group of friends were out Sunday on the Flint River when a man paddling behind them began heckling the group. The man repeatedly called 18-year-old Nelson 'sissy boy'..." Complete story: RawStory.com "700 bags of trash pulled from Buffalo Bayou each week" (Houston) "Buffalo Bayou, over the years, has become a giant trash can for the city of Houston. The Buffalo Bayou Partnership said about 60 cubic feet of trash is cleaned out of the bayou every week. They say that's between 700 and 900 bags of trash..." Complete story: ABC 13
"A boom in popularity of paddle craft such as canoes and kayaks on Texas waters makes educating the vessels’ often inexperienced users about water safety laws and practices increasingly crucial. Two paddlers died on Texas waters over the Memorial Day weekend — the only boating-related fatalities in the state..."
"It's been established that people who spend more time in parks and other natural settings tend to report higher levels of health and happiness, but new research shows there's actually a magic number for it. According to a study published this week in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, spending 120 minutes a week strolling a tree-lined street or sitting by a lake can greatly enhance a person's overall sense of well-being..."
"When Bali-raised brother Gary and Sam Bencheghibs decided to paddle one of Indonesia’s longest rivers, they weren’t trying to break a record. Instead, they were setting out to better understand how millions of people live alongside one of the world’s most polluted waterways. In July 2017, the Bencheghibs launched their homemade kayaks—constructed from used water bottles—onto Java’s 270-kilometer-long Citarum River..."
"The Peterborough Canoe Company started making cedar canvas canoes in this south-central Ontario town in 1892. And though the iconic manufacturer went out of business nearly 60 years ago, it’s here the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) held its annual assembly to honor the venerable brand. The WCHA is an American organization dedicated to the preservation, restoration and use of wooden canoes..."
"The good news is there are a lot more people going out canoe tripping. Canoeing is huge right now and it’s families, young couples and new immigrants really getting into it..."
"Sometime after May 13th Adam Shoalts headed out on a 4000-kilometer adventure across Canada’s Arctic. He left the international border town of Old Crow, Yukon and if all goes as planned five months later he will canoe into the saltwater of Hudson Bay at Baker Lake, Nunavut. The journey will take him over mountains, up rivers, across tundra, through subarctic forest, and down wild waterways ..."
"The wildlife sanctuary teems with birds and sea life, and the spit is home to the historic New Dungeness Lighthouse, built in 1857. The annual hike to the lighthouse had become a cherished tradition for the Mountain View Church outing club, and in recent years some members of the group began kayaking to the lighthouse..."
"The hotel fronts a 90 acre lake that was formally a detention pond. Reina said they plan to turn it into something of a nature preserve with rice being planted to attract migratory birds. It will feature walking trails but no boats or canoes. “People are not going to be getting into the water,” Reina said..."
"A group of adults attacked some Alabama teenagers and threatened them with rape while paddling on a weekend boat trip. Collins Nelson and a group of friends were out Sunday on the Flint River when a man paddling behind them began heckling the group. The man repeatedly called 18-year-old Nelson 'sissy boy'..."
"Buffalo Bayou, over the years, has become a giant trash can for the city of Houston. The Buffalo Bayou Partnership said about 60 cubic feet of trash is cleaned out of the bayou every week. They say that's between 700 and 900 bags of trash..."